MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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